11 DMs among 19 IAS officials shifted

PATNA: The state government on Thursday shifted 19 IAS officers, including district magistrates (DMs) in 11 districts. A few DMs who had been transferred at the Election Commission directive have been sent back to their old postings.

Manish Kumar Verma, MD, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, and Purnia DM Sanjay Agrawal will swap their postings while Laxmi Prasad Chauhan, additional CEO, JEEViKA and Supaul DM Adesh Tetermare will also exchange their places.

Four DDCs, three IAS officials of 2009 and one of 2010 batches, have been made DMs. Rohtas DDC M Ramachandradu is new Samastipur DM. Sitamarhi DDC Manoj Kumar Singh has been made DM Lakhisarai. Patna DDC Seema Tripathi will join as Begusarai DM and Saran DDC Rajiv Roshan will go to Khagaria as DM.